Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Title : Global Commodity Manager

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Job details

  • Job Number: 29354303
  • Santa Clara Valley, California, United States
  • Posted: Sep. 10, 2013
  • Weekly Hours: 40.00

Job Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Global Commodity Manager: Apple is seeking world-class procurement talent to lead a cross functional team, in support of Apple’s Macintosh and iPad product lines.

Key Qualifications

  • Minimum 5-7 years experience in Supplier and Commodity Management in a high volume industry, such as Personal Computers or Consumer Electronics. Core skills must include contract negotiation, price negotiation, and supply chain design.
  • Minimum 5-7 years in dealing in an outsourced manufacturing or service model with overseas suppliers.
  • Significant Reverse logistics / Service Operations experience preferred.

Description

In this position, you will manage your supply base and design and implement solutions that achieve business critical metrics in the following areas: COST MANAGEMENT: Manage costs for warranty, seed stock, repairs and out-of-production replacement parts across all regions and repair channels. CONTINUITY OF SUPPLY: Design your repair and/or replacement supply chain to ensure continuity of supply for system level (“Level 1”) repairs at the lowest possible supply chain cost and at the highest Service level for apple customers. Lead recovery plans and execution when global supply falls short of demand. Drive continuous improvements and efficiencies within the repair and/or replacement supply chains. Ensure full support throughout the service phase of the product lifecycle. WARRANTY REDEMPTION: Ensure that Apple’s internal systems and processes are capable of redeeming the full value of warranty terms with our suppliers. Drive system and process enhancements to increase our scope and eliminate all costs associated with in-warranty support. SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT: Manage suppliers’ performance in Service Operations through the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) and Supplier Performance Index (SPI) processes. Partner with the commodity leaders in Operations (GSM) to negotiate contractual terms in support of Service Operations’ business requirements in the areas of cost, continuity of supply, quality, and warranty. Drive suppliers to enhance their infrastructure in support of our developing business needs. REVERSE LOGISTICS OPERATIONS: Set the metric targets and oversee the supplier’s management of the supplier’s repair operations. Evaluate supplier’s capacity availability and manage to required demand levels. Monitor suppliers planning and procurement activities in support of their repair operation to ensure continuity of supply, and compliance with Apple cost, quality and service level requirements In addition, you will manage relationships with Planning, Purchasing, and Quality disciplines within AppleCare.

Education

BS or BA degree from an accredited 4 year college or university (MBA/MS preferred

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